Practice Areas - Customs Law
- Classification and Valuation
- International Trade Law
- Customs Seizures
- Customs Penalties
- Customs Audits
- Country of Origin
- Rules of Origin
- Focused Assessment Program
- Customs Seizures and Forfeitures
- Customs Detentions of Merchandise
- Customs Penalty Actions
- Liquidated Damages Cases
- Prior Disclosure
- Petitions for Mitigation
- Customs Protests
- Marking Notices
- Marking Penalties
- Free Trade Agreements
- North American Free Trade Agreement
| - Central American Free Trade Agreement
- Trade Preference Programs
- Generalized System of Preferences
- Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism
- Textile Document Reviews
- Customs Brokers
- Broker Penalties
- Import and Export Law
- CBP Form 28 Request for Information
- CBP Form 29 Notice of Action
- Office of Foreign Assets Control
- Transportation Law
- Trade Law
- U.S. Foreign Trade Zones
- Currency and Monetary Reporting and Seizure
- Recordkeeping Penalties
- Commercial Fraud
- Copyright and Trademark Infringing Importations
- Customs Broker Licensing Compliance
- Customs Broker Revocation Proceedings
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| University | University of Iowa, B.A., 1970 |
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| Law School | University of Iowa, J.D., 1973 |
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| Admitted | 1974, California; U.S. District Court, Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California; U.S. Court of International Trade; U.S. Court of Appeals for The Federal Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit |
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| Memberships | Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member, Executive Committee, International Law Section, 1993—; Member, 1987— and Chair, 1988-1990, Customs Law Committee); State Bar of California (Member, International Law Section). |
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| Special Agencies | U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP); Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Department of Commerce (DOC); U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS); Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). |
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| Languages | Russian, French and Spanish |
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| Born | Fort Dodge, Iowa |
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| Biography | Member, Iowa Law Review, 1971-1972. Licensed Customs Broker, 1985. Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles County Superior Court, 1980-1983. Founder and Past President, 1990-1991, The Organization of Women in International Trade. Founder, 1985 and Member, 1985—, Women in International Trade of Los Angeles (WIT-LA). Member, American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI), 1997—. Member, Board of Directors, 2001-2006 and Treasurer, 2006, Foreign Trade Association of Southern California.
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| ISLN | 902070934 |
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